KOTAMON Achievements — All 40 & How to Unlock

KOTAMON has 40 Steam achievements — official names and descriptions below, grouped by activity, with tips where a trick genuinely helps. Nothing is missable; the 8 card achievements pair with the full card list.

List verified against Steam:

Recycling

Achievement Requirement (official) Tip
Removal Recycle 7 garbage bags.
Cleanup Recycle 69 garbage bags.
Recycling Recycle 256 garbage bags.
Annihilation Recycle 999 garbage bags. Comes naturally on a completion run — every heap you clear counts.
Is That All? Remove all the garbage in the yard.

Compactor throws

Achievement Requirement (official) Tip
3-Pointer Hit the trash compactor tray from 10 meters. Stand on top of a garbage pile for a better angle; you can throw single pieces of trash — no need to fill the bag first.
Sharpshooter Hit the trash compactor tray from 20 meters.
Olympic Thrower Hit the trash compactor tray from 30 meters. Height helps: climb the tallest heap near the compactor before throwing.

Money

Achievement Requirement (official) Tip
Lucky #1 Dime Have $1,000
Savings Account Have $10,000
Rainy Day Fund Have $50,000
Why Don't You Spend It?! Have $100,000 These check your balance, not lifetime earnings — hold off on big shop sprees until each tier pops.

Upgrades

Achievement Requirement (official) Tip
My Better Self! Buy an upgrade.
I Have the Power! Buy 20 upgrades.
Champion Upgrade a stat to its MAX value.
Power Overwhelming Buy all the upgrades. Prices were rebalanced down in the Aug 21 patch — see the upgrades page for buy order.

Beer

Achievement Requirement (official) Tip
Barley a Beginning Drink 12 cans of beer.
Thanks for All the Beers Drink 42 cans of beer.
Lager than Life Drink 146 cans of beer.
Many Hoppy Returns! Drink 1000 cans of beer. The long haul — beer restores energy, so drink instead of idling and the count builds itself.

Audiotapes

Achievement Requirement (official) Tip
Wow, It Works? Turn on the radio. Insert an audiotape into the garage boombox — you get your first tape at the start.
Push the Tempo! Find an audiotape.
Retro Party Find 5 audiotapes.
Melomaniac Find 7 audiotapes. Tapes drop randomly from trash piles — see the audiotapes page for the 6/7 counter issue.

Figurines

Achievement Requirement (official) Tip
Exhibit A Find a collectable figurine.
Where Will I Keep It? Find 5 collectable figurines.
A New Hobby Find 9 collectable figurines.
I Need a Bigger Shelf Find 12 collectable figurines. Six sit at fixed landmarks, the rest come from trash — route on the figurines page.

Cereal & cosplay

Achievement Requirement (official) Tip
Just Don't Eat It! Open a cereal box.
Gacha Addiction Open 10 cereal boxes. Nyanchi Crunchi boxes drop much more often since the Aug 22 patch; Jenny also sells one for $10,000 once your stats are maxed.
A Gift for Jenny Find a cosplay outfit.
To Be Continued… Find 3 cosplay outfits. Cosplay cases also got a drop-rate buff on Aug 22.

Cards

Achievement Requirement (official) Tip
A Nice Start! Collect your first card.
Water-walker Collect the full blue card set.
The Dark Master Collect the full purple card set.
Firestarter Collect the full red card set.
Airbender Collect the full white card set.
Get 'em All! Get Kotalion. The special card — the story's crown piece. Full set list on the cards page.
A True Fan Collect a full set of foil cards.
The Collector Collect all foil cards. Foils come from cereal boxes — see the foil card guide.

Related: figurine locations · audiotapes · cereal boxes · foil cards · upgrades

Achievement FAQ

An achievement did not unlock — is it bugged?

Several achievement bugs were fixed in the August 21 patch (and the "ten Nyanchi Crunchi boxes" grind was made humane on August 22). Make sure the game is updated, keep a separate good save, and retest. If a counted requirement still will not pop, check the fixes page.

What is the rarest achievement?

The long-haul ones: Many Hoppy Returns! (1,000 beers), Annihilation (999 garbage bags) and The Collector (all foil cards). Everything else falls out of a normal completion run.

Can I get all achievements in one playthrough?

Yes — nothing is missable. All 40 are cumulative counters or collection goals in a single ongoing save.